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Police allegedly find drugs, guns after man threatens to kill girlfriend

Robert Shawn Eason

Police responding to an emergency call at a Sharpsburg house found a scary situation this week.

They say they heard screams from inside the house around 1 a.m. after responding to a text message sent to 911, and could see Robert Shawn Eason and his girlfriend, holding her infant daughter, through the front door.

She told police Eason, already on probation for convictions on drug and gun charges, had threatened to “shoot her in the head” and kill her children if she called 911. She said Eason was “highly irate and intoxicated.”

Police say Eason was mad because he was babysitting the woman's 4-month-old and 4-year-old daughters while she stopped at a bar after work.

They arrested Eason into custody and then searched the house, which is when they say they found a duffel bag full of guns and drugs that had been stashed in a child's playpen.

The stash included a container of infant formula filled with drugs, “a large amount of white powder” and “bundles of heroin” ready for sale.

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Police say they also found several rounds of ammunition.

The children were not hurt, but police also charged Eason with child endangerment because of the drugs and guns found in the playpen.